Lengai and Masai
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Lengai and Masai

by Julie Albaric, Domaines Oceaniques/CNRS, France

Ol Doinyo Lengai is a volcano located in the north of Tanzania and is part of the volcanic system of the Great Rift Valley in Eastern Africa. It is unique among active volcanoes in that it produces natrocarbonatite lava, a unique occurrence of volcanic carbonatite.